Talk:Murray Rothbard

"and... befriended the Holocaust denier Harry Elmer Barnes." Seems like an odd thing to put in the opening section. Is it really such a defining feature of his life and work that at one time he made acquaintances with someone who held despicable views? Given Rothbard was himself Jewish and a perpetual and vituperative critic of the Nazis, it is certainly undue weight and lacking NPOV. There are many other public intellectuals like Michael Shermer and Daryl Davis who have befriended (if not made a habit of befriending) neo-nazis and historical skeptics, and precedent is not to list it in their opening paragraphs. If listed at all it should be lower down with other criticisms of his work and character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.245.59.10 (talk) 15:13, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Agree North8000 (talk) 15:24, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Rothbard's historical revisionism and friendship with Barnes are detailed by a number of the secondary, tertiary and primary sources cited through the article, including the Historical Revisionism section.

"In an article for Rothbard's 50th birthday, Rothbard's friend and Buffalo State College historian Ralph Raico stated that Rothbard "is the main reason that revisionism has become a crucial part of the whole libertarian position"."

"Rothbard published works by Barnes in his journals before and after Barnes died in 1968, including posthumously in the Cato Institute's journal."

So a short sentence was due within the third paragraph. Llll5032 (talk) 03:52, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

"Rothbard rejected mainstream economic methodologies and instead embraced the praxeology of Ludwig von Mises."

This implies that praxeology is an economic methodology. Actually, Mises conceived of praxeology as the science of human action, of which economics and history are both subsets. The sentence should read and instead "embraced the apriorism of Ludwig von Mises." Meistro1 (talk) 07:49, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

or better even still

"Rothbard rejected mainstream economic methodologies, rooted in empiricism, and instead embraced the apriorism of Ludwig von Mises." Meistro1 (talk) 07:51, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

The article currently appears to lack citations to third-party reliable sources describing Rothbard's use of Mises' praxeology. If you have seen such sources, then citing them and summarizing their findings would improve the article. Llll5032 (talk) 20:16, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-history-of-economic-thought/article/abs/methodology-of-austrian-economics-as-a-sophisticated-rather-than-naive-philosophy-of-economics/C69BA46C4367DD9E92EB6684CC5E1FD1 Meistro1 (talk) 02:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

I am on phone now but will attempt to do so later Meistro1 (talk) 02:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

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